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That allegation is made so often a lot of people just tune it out. How am I supposed to know who's actually a neo nazi and who just annoyed the wrong liar?

zamadatix 5y ago
That's the goal of disinformation. You don't have to be convinced of the face value of a claim to fall to it you just have to be convinced it's too much work to figure out or too uncertain to call one way or the other. In the case of Epik it's not exactly a mystery "is this one guy a liar" case though. Here are the opening paragraphs of Wikipedia (prior to this hack): > Epik is an American domain registrar and web hosting company known for providing services to websites that host far-right, neo-Nazi, and other extremist content. It has been described as a haven for the far-right because of its willingness to provide services to far-right websites that have been denied service by other Internet service providers.[1][7] > Some of Epik's notable clients have included social network Gab, neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, and the imageboard website 8chan.[8] In 2021, the Parler social network moved its domain registration to Epik when it was denied hosting and other web services after it was used to help plan the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol.[9] Epik has also provided hosting and registrar services to Patriots.win, formerly TheDonald.win, an independent far-right forum that has served as the successor for the r/The_Donald subreddit that was banned in June 2020.[10][11][12]" The rest of the article goes on with details about each of those and more, including many other companies terminating services to Epik as a result. Particularly after the El Paso shooting.
user-the-name 5y ago
Maybe that is a problem with you, and not with anyone else. If you are uninterested in listening, that is on you.

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That allegation is made so often a lot of people just tune it out. How am I supposed to know who's actually a neo nazi and who just annoyed the wrong liar?

by SuoDuanDao 5y ago

zamadatix 5y ago
That's the goal of disinformation. You don't have to be convinced of the face value of a claim to fall to it you just have to be convinced it's too much work to figure out or too uncertain to call one way or the other. In the case of Epik it's not exactly a mystery "is this one guy a liar" case though. Here are the opening paragraphs of Wikipedia (prior to this hack): > Epik is an American domain registrar and web hosting company known for providing services to websites that host far-right, neo-Nazi, and other extremist content. It has been described as a haven for the far-right because of its willingness to provide services to far-right websites that have been denied service by other Internet service providers.[1][7] > Some of Epik's notable clients have included social network Gab, neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer, and the imageboard website 8chan.[8] In 2021, the Parler social network moved its domain registration to Epik when it was denied hosting and other web services after it was used to help plan the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol.[9] Epik has also provided hosting and registrar services to Patriots.win, formerly TheDonald.win, an independent far-right forum that has served as the successor for the r/The_Donald subreddit that was banned in June 2020.[10][11][12]" The rest of the article goes on with details about each of those and more, including many other companies terminating services to Epik as a result. Particularly after the El Paso shooting.
user-the-name 5y ago
Maybe that is a problem with you, and not with anyone else. If you are uninterested in listening, that is on you.